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Sharing this here since people are asking for phot

Sharing this here since people are asking for photos of the incorrupt priest on our Tiktok video of Oschwald's tomb.

PHOTO 1: Fr. Ambrose Oschwald's body lying in state for his funeral in 1873.

PHOTO 2: Oschwald's body 53 years later when it was moved to a new tomb in 1926.

In Catholic tradition, a body that does not decompose is deemed incorrupt and considered a sign that the deceased is a saint. The good don't rot.

We have our very own incorrupt priest here in Wisconsin.

Father Ambrose Oschwald was removed from his duties in a church in the Black Forest of Germany for "mystical, prophetic, and heretical works."

He and his followers came to America in search of religious freedom, following a "divine white heifer" to a sacred land in Wisconsin where they founded the town of St. Nazianz.

The community thrived for years until Oschwald fell ill in 1873. Upon his death, mysterious pounding sounds were heard on walls of homes throughout town.

At Oschwald's funeral, a judge from Manitowoc noticed that Oschwald's body still appeared vital. He urged that they delay burial, fearing the priest would be buried alive.

Despite appearances, Oschwald was very much dead. He was entombed in a temporary crypt beneath the church altar until his new burial chamber was completed. When his coffin was opened several months later to move him, the attending priest noted Oschwald's body bore no odor or signs of decomposition.

53 years later in 1926, when Oschwald's body was relocated once more to the stone mausoleum where it now resides, a local health officer and clergy members were surprised to find the corpse still in remarkably good condition. Oschwald's skin had become shriveled and sallow, but was still very much intact.

The bodies of some incorrupt saints are known to have been treated with chemicals to stave off decomposition. My research hasn't uncovered any records documenting what, if anything, was used to preserved Oschwald's body.

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